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" Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt."—MEASURE "
Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice - Page 105
by Samuel Warren - 1874 - 422 pages
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 622 pages
...Ability's in me to do him good? Lucio. Assay the power you have. ISAB. My power! Alas! I doubt— b Lucio. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt: Go to lord Angelo, And let him learn to know, when maidens sue Men give like gods; but when...
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District School Journal, of the State of New-York, Volume 11

Education - 1851 - 208 pages
...reproach of enthusiasm, too often we ¡stifle the holiest impulses of the unders.anding and the heart. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt."—Id. " Evil thoughts and desires are justly accounted to us for sin ; assuredly, therefore,...
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...better is it to weep at joy, than to joy at weeping! IRRESOLUTION (See also HESITATION). Ja* -1. 1. 1. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. M. If. i. 5. That we would do, We should do when we would ; for this would changes, And hath...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...Hence shall we sea If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Lord Angelo is precise; RESOLUTION. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. * For high purposes. t Interest. i THE PRAYERS OF MAIDENS EFFECTUAL. Go to lord Angelo, And...
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The Life of Faith: In Three Parts

Thomas Cogswell Upham - Faith - 1852 - 492 pages
...by an experience, which had already cost them much, that, in the language of an English poet, •" Our doubts are traitors, " And make us lose the good we oft might win, " By fearing to attempt," they have determined to meet and resist the treachery of unbelief by the religious patriotism,...
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The Language of Flowers: The Floral Offering: a Token of Affection and ...

Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...approached with extreme caution. The Romans used it largely in their baths, from whence its name is derived. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. Shalcspeare. Who never doubted never half believed, Where doubt there truth is—'tis her...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 3; Volume 95

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1852 - 802 pages
...likely to prove highly beneficial; nor had I forgotten the invigorating remark of Shakespeare,—" Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might gain, by fearing to attempt." Encouraged by these reflections, my letters on the blind were submitted...
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Our iron roads: their history, construction, and social influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - 1852 - 436 pages
...drawn, the wheels would revolve without advancing. Thus it is that " Our doubts are traitors, Which make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt; " for after much time, skill, and money had been expended in devising various expedients to...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 430 pages
...drawn, the wheels would revolve without advancing. Thus it is that “Our doubts are traitors, Which make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt;” for after much time, skill, and money had been expended in devising various expedients...
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Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Social Influences

Frederick Smeeton Williams - Railroads - 1852 - 418 pages
...drawn, the wheels would revolve without advancing. Thus it is that " Our doubts are traitors, Which make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt ; " for after much time, skill, and money had been expended in devising various expedients...
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